Jim Cullen and I had an active afternoon of shore birding on the sand bar west of the “traditional” flats .Just a note to anyone who would travel by Dune rd. ...I don’t know if Cupsogue is accessible due to last weeks pavilion fire.We saw 3 Least Sandpipers, 75 Semi-Palmated Sandpipers, 3 Dunlin,25 Red Knot, 50-75 Semi-Palmated Plovers, 50 Black-bellied Plovers and Oystercatchers, 8 Willet, 300 Sanderling, 20 Short-billed Dowitcher, 4 Dunlin and 25 Black Skimmer.Highlights of the afternoon were a very cooperative Whimbrel and Caspian Tern . thanks –Lee Stocker --
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